Baby you can drive my car (game)

September 15, 2006 11:10 AM

Flash Friday Get the nice shiny red car out of this garage so that you can go for a ride. (game)
posted by caddis (60 comments total)

stupid car (I suck at these types of games)
posted by Vindaloo at 11:18 AM on September 15, 2006

Damnit, I'm stuck at the key generator. I'll have to come back later.
posted by brundlefly at 11:27 AM on September 15, 2006

I'm stuck at the key generator and the wall safe.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:28 AM on September 15, 2006

"If I turn off the lights will something appear on the wall?"

Um, nope.
posted by papercake at 11:29 AM on September 15, 2006

Uh, yeah.

Stupid game! Where's the fourth key thing?!?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:30 AM on September 15, 2006

Alvy, did you explore all of the second floor?
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:31 AM on September 15, 2006

The game was reviewed in April on Jay Is Games, you should find sufficient spoilers there. I remember at least one variant being posted there, with a different car and slightly different puzzles, but I don't have the link handy right now.
posted by Fruny at 11:34 AM on September 15, 2006

Screw the game, I won a new laptop, and an epileptic fit!
posted by turducken at 11:35 AM on September 15, 2006

How is TeeShot not the password.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 11:37 AM on September 15, 2006

Yeah, I can't get that either, Espy.
posted by sciurus at 11:39 AM on September 15, 2006

No kidding.
posted by papercake at 11:40 AM on September 15, 2006

Ah, I figured it out.
posted by sciurus at 11:42 AM on September 15, 2006

Thanks, caddis that was fun!
posted by sciurus at 11:44 AM on September 15, 2006

How do you use the objects that you pick up?
posted by dr_dank at 11:45 AM on September 15, 2006

i've done EVERYTHING, i've opened every key and lock, and used every item, EXCEPT the yellow key and the magazine! what do i do with them!?
posted by alon at 11:48 AM on September 15, 2006

WTF. The password ISNT TeeShot, then what the heck is it?
posted by LoopyG at 11:53 AM on September 15, 2006

Yay me! I only cheated once!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:54 AM on September 15, 2006

Spoilers ahoy!
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:55 AM on September 15, 2006

That was a fun quickie. I've been playing The Longest Journey the past few days so my adventure game puzzle skills are primed at the moment.

Hint: When you enter passwords online, how do they show up? Now look at the magazine again.
posted by linux at 11:55 AM on September 15, 2006

Yes. Beating that game is a dream come true.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 11:58 AM on September 15, 2006

Ahhh, thanks linux (what a helpful OS!). I realize now that verbosity isn't always best!

And with that I got out of the garage!
posted by LoopyG at 12:02 PM on September 15, 2006

The sequel is here.
posted by ND¢ at 12:12 PM on September 15, 2006

very tricky linux
posted by caddis at 12:12 PM on September 15, 2006

Drove away Happy. Much fun, but not as hard as Mystery of Time and Space. Now THAT one was a whole afternoon wasted.
posted by Sk4n at 12:13 PM on September 15, 2006

The password ISNT TeeShot, then what the heck is it?

I'm stuck on that too, Loopy. Any hints?
posted by dr_dank at 12:21 PM on September 15, 2006

WTF? TeeShot? teeshot? TEESHOT? TShot?

Grumble.

p-oz
posted by mogabog at 12:30 PM on September 15, 2006

Now Linux's comment makes sense after about the 50th try.
posted by dr_dank at 12:38 PM on September 15, 2006

That was fun, thanks! The ashtray thing was a PITA for me though...
posted by anomie at 12:43 PM on September 15, 2006

Dr_Dank -- check LoopyG's response to Linux's hint.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 12:45 PM on September 15, 2006

I think they changed the text on the website you're supposed to go to.
posted by parmanparman at 1:06 PM on September 15, 2006

No, it has your answer - see linux's comment above
posted by caddis at 1:09 PM on September 15, 2006

I thought the ashtray thing was a pain too. I'm stealing a car from some guy. Why the hell am I taking the care not to spill ashes on the floor?!
posted by graventy at 1:15 PM on September 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

because you are stealing it from your father?
posted by caddis at 1:21 PM on September 15, 2006

This is the first game like this I've ever finished without cheating.
posted by fungible at 1:26 PM on September 15, 2006

That made me panic a bit too much.
posted by Pacheco at 1:42 PM on September 15, 2006

What no mini-game where I can drive the damn thing... *grumble*
posted by stratastar at 1:45 PM on September 15, 2006

Anybody playing the Sequel that ND¢ linked to?
posted by dr_dank at 1:45 PM on September 15, 2006

I played it. What do you need to know? Oh, and these guys played it too. Contains helpful hints that got me through.
posted by ND¢ at 1:49 PM on September 15, 2006

The clue to the safe combination was very clever. Now I'm working on the toolbox combo.
posted by dr_dank at 2:00 PM on September 15, 2006

I'm playing the sequel, and I think it's impossible to complete with Linux's Flash Player 7.
posted by zsazsa at 2:06 PM on September 15, 2006

I'm stumped on that damn password for the safe...
posted by BobFrapples at 2:11 PM on September 15, 2006

The safe password nearly caused me to launch my desktop off this third floor window. But I did, eventually. Think simple.
posted by vaportrail at 2:40 PM on September 15, 2006

Bob what's another way to refer to a stolen car?
posted by cell divide at 2:45 PM on September 15, 2006

Damn that password.
Frapples - the magazine explicitly avoids giving you the password. What does the magazine not give you?
posted by NinjaTadpole at 2:48 PM on September 15, 2006

That was pretty easy... I wish it was longer!
posted by fusinski at 2:52 PM on September 15, 2006

Finished it. Worth it if only for the stodgy inspirational blurb at the end. That really brought a smile to my face. Thanks, caddis!
posted by brundlefly at 3:03 PM on September 15, 2006

That was fun.
posted by quin at 3:25 PM on September 15, 2006

Whole bunch of different games by the same guys here.
posted by quin at 4:14 PM on September 15, 2006

That password thing is totally stupid! If they had limited the number of characters to 3 I probably would have figured it out without the hint..
posted by Chuckles at 4:18 PM on September 15, 2006

i'm stuck on the sequel - can't figure out what the floor symbols are supposed to mean. i assume it's got to do with the wall safe combo though.
posted by sergeant sandwich at 5:24 PM on September 15, 2006

Beep beep, yeah.

Order on all this seems to be important. I couldn't get the flashlight to work at first, despite repeated tries.
posted by Tuwa at 5:32 PM on September 15, 2006

I ma noodles hows a go ing.
posted by I Foody at 6:13 PM on September 15, 2006

On that second one, <rot13>ubj va uryy qb lbh trg gur pneq vagb gur pneq pnfr?</rot13> gah.
posted by Tuwa at 6:21 PM on September 15, 2006

i'm stuck on the sequel - can't figure out what the floor symbols are supposed to mean. i assume it's got to do with the wall safe combo though.

wrong. look @ floor again
posted by vaportrail at 6:51 PM on September 15, 2006

"because you are stealing it from your father?"

Huh. I'll be damned. I read the story far enough to read that he designed and sold it, but not that he got it back. Still, you're STEALING A CAR. Is dad going to save some of his anger for "And another thing, who taught you to empty ashtrays onto the floor? I HAVE NO SON."
posted by graventy at 7:27 PM on September 15, 2006

what? you never stole the family car? not even for a short drive?
posted by caddis at 7:57 PM on September 15, 2006

Cool!
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 8:29 PM on September 15, 2006

Getting the safe open -- I didn't realize I would have to take the thing apart like that. Using the hidden piece instead of the obvious one. Once I did, though, I got a nice warm feeling.
posted by dhartung at 8:45 PM on September 15, 2006

That was an enjoyable little challenge. Thank you (even if the interface for using items on each other is a little frustrating at times, which is what caused me to waste a lot of time on the ashtray thing).
posted by wanderingmind at 9:49 PM on September 15, 2006

That was fun. Like fungible, the first time I've finished one of those without cheating. It was all worth it for the ending.
posted by teem at 9:53 PM on September 15, 2006